M233 Scotland Street Public School

This
three-storey school was built by the School Board of Glasgow to serve a densely
populated part of Tradeston, just S. of the River Clyde. Some features show the
influence of historic Scottish architecture, but the design is remarkable for
its novel reinterpretation of tradition, especially in the glazed towers that
light the stairs. The boundary wall with its gates and railings and the
janitor's house at the N.W. corner of the site were part of the original
scheme. Closed as a school due to demolition of the surrounding housing, the
building reopened as a museum of education in November
1990.

Authorship: Mackintosh is named as architect in
official correspondence from the School Board, and in other contemporary
sources. Scotland Street School was one of his most important
commissions.

Cost from office job book: £18,597 2s
6½d

Cost from other sources: The final measurements of £19,171 8s 1d plus
other expenses of £1370 0s 6d gave a total of £20,541 12s 6d.
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Notes:

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.